Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico

An oil slick remained in the Gulf of Mexico on May 10, 2010, not far from
the Mississippi Delta. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this photo-like image of the
slick at 11:35 a.m. local time (16:35 UTC) the same day.

Thin, wispy clouds partially obscure the satellite sensor's view of the
ocean surface south of the Mississippi Delta, but oil on the water's surface
is still apparent southeast of the delta. The most obvious portion of the
gray-beige slick arches toward the west, with inward-curling tendrils.